Public Act 102-0467
 
HB3255 EnrolledLRB102 15155 RAM 20510 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is 
amended  by changing Section 4 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 2805/4)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 69)



    Sec. 4. A service officer shall be assigned to each field 
office. All service officers and any supervisors, including 
the field manager, within the field division He
must be an 
honorably discharged veteran from service in the Armed Forces

of the United States. They  He must have served during
a time of 
hostilities with a foreign country, and must meet
one or more 
of the following conditions:


        (i) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months.


        (ii) The veteran served for the duration of 
    hostilities regardless of the
length of engagement.


        (iii) The veteran was discharged on the basis of 
    hardship.


        (iv) The veteran was released from active duty because 
    of a service-connected service
connected disability and 
    was discharged under honorable conditions.

    As used in this Section, "time of hostilities with a 
foreign country" means
any period of time in the past, 
present, or future during which a declaration
of war by the 
United States Congress has been or is in effect or during which

an emergency condition has been or is in effect that is 
recognized by the
issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a 
Presidential executive order and
in which the armed forces 
expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals
are 
awarded according to Presidential executive order.

(Source: P.A. 88-275.)